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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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الجزء المتوسط للسماء فوق الأرض ‘the point at upper culmination’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis: 31a.27
Translation of:
Greek: ἡ μεσουρανοῦσα ὑπὲρ γῆς (μοῖρα) [Alm. Heiberg: II.9, 144:6; II.9, 144:14]
Synonyms:
الجزء الذي في وسط السماء فوق الأرض[Alm. MS Tunis: 31a.23-24]
جزء وسط السماء فوق الأرض[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 24v.31]
جزء وسط السماء من فوق الأرض[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 24v.27-28]